tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308590588693618962024-03-09T02:19:03.501+05:30thoughts and inspirationsSwati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-87046309082828001202010-06-21T16:10:00.003+05:302010-06-26T07:52:21.419+05:30blockages!!sometimes i find that writing can be so difficult...... even writing just ur thoughts........ why is it that the words seems to fumble and letters seem so difficult to type? A writer's block is what they have named it.... more a mind block, i think, isnt it?? after all its the mind that rules ur actions!.... whether u are writing, painting, reading and even cooking should i say? why not isnt cooking an art? yes it definitely is......<div><br /></div><div>there may be thousands of reasons for ur block, but the real trick is how it get out of it!..... unwinding urself??? take a break, they say!! </div><div><br /></div><div>but i wish somebody would tell me how to control my thoughts!! how can u go past ur blocks, how to break the ice!!.... and how to go about when u get stuck in-between and u get no ideas!!! </div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-4075381014745507742010-06-20T14:16:00.000+05:302010-06-20T19:53:06.859+05:30Happy Father's Day!!Its common for all to talk of their mothers, but just as mothers are indispensable, so are fathers.....<br /><br />Gandhi- no i am not talking of our 'father of the Nation', Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but i am talking here about my father (Nana as i called him)..... he was very fondly given this pet name "Gandhi" by his grandmother, who wanted him to grow up to be as great as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in stature!!....... and very true too...... he may not have become a famous personality like MK Gandhi, but he did prove to be a 'Gandhi' for his family and all his relatives....... he earned an unmatched respect and love from all the people he came across in his life.... Yes, A Gandhi in his own world!<br /><br />A true Lion ( his sun sign was Leo), he was the most generous and very authoritative...... A person who never feared responsibilities, but instead was always right in front to take up new responsibilities and handled everything to the perfect 10........ A great organizer and planner that he was, anything he did was sure to be a success..... the hard exterior that he portrayed, he was equally soft from inside......<br /><br />My idol, role model, he was truly a gem of a person..... sometimes it becomes really hard to express in words the respect and love and admiration that i have for him..... its been 6 years since he left us, but it still feels like he is sitting in the other room reading his newspaper with a cigarette in his hand.......<br /><br />I miss u Nana..... its not easy to write just a small para on u....... if i could, i would write a book on u and still it would be less.......Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-25097098273554618942010-05-25T17:42:00.005+05:302010-05-25T22:32:55.049+05:30a quote......<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><i><b>THE WORST IN LIFE IS "ATTACHMENT " IT HURTS WHEN YOU LOSE IT. THE BEST THING IN LIFE IS " LONELINESS " BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU EVERYTHING AND, WHEN YOU LOSE IT, YOU GET EVERYTHING</b></i>.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >i recently read this quote and felt- oh so very true...... !!! so very concise and to the point.....i dont think there could be anything which can better reflect emotions and life as this line.......<br /><br /><br /></span></div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-55775289312256592172010-05-23T08:08:00.000+05:302010-05-25T17:29:39.099+05:30faces of life....Life...... its just so very unpredictable...... one moment u are so happy and the very next moment u might just hear something which would simply shatter u.... it hardly takes seconds to change everything in ur life......just a case in point.... the recent plane crash in mangalore...... such a tragic happening and such a tragic fate for all those people travelling by the unfortunate flight..... but the worse is the fate of whom they have left behind.... their family and their loved ones...... i read that among the victims aboard were a whole family who had boarded the flight to attend a marriage function of a relative..... my heart goes to their other family members who had been waiting here in magalore for their arrival...... and to think about the infants who lost their lives in this incident....... each and everyone of them should have been alive, should have seen and experienced so many things in life..... life seems really so very unfair sometimes...... <div><br /></div><div>my heart felt condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones in this tragic incident and may the souls of all those who lost their lives rest in peace..............</div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-10207444733499545222010-05-05T15:42:00.011+05:302010-05-08T09:08:54.447+05:30Childhood.....Brings in such fond, lovely and sweet thoughts....... emotions and feelings and memories rushing through..... doesnt each and everyone of us yearn and wish to go back to being just a CHILD...... the fun, the play, the friends, the carefreeness of just being a child....... dont we all miss the child in each one of us, as we rush about in our lives to achieve our goals, build our future, make a career, struggle to reach the top, struggle to excel, balancing our relationships-personal and professional.......but yes in all this mad rush, there are moments and times when each one wishes to go back to his/her childhood...........<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The very first thing which comes to mind as you think of childhood are the summer vacations..... isnt it??? the late mornings..... lazing around... running around the house..... visits to relatives houses or relatives visiting our places..... the fun-filled evenings..... the late badminton competitions....... and the power-cuts!!!!!!...... oh oh oh...... and how can one forget the hide-and-seek game, which i believe most of us must have played.....<br /><br /><br />This time in our lives is just so pure and serene...... we try new things.... we make new friends..... we fight and we make-up...... we play and dance together...... we share and mingle...... we laugh and cry together.......<br /><br /><br />Childhood also brings in memories of school.... the classroom..... teachers..... and punishments!!!!..... oops!!!....... has there been anyone who hasnt been given any punishment from his/her teacher ever??? i dont think so.... ;p ....... the pranks played on friends and teachers too.....<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Childhood- the best days of our lives.......</div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-9321600755075130012010-02-14T07:40:00.000+05:302010-05-08T09:06:29.257+05:30naresh-my inspiration.....As we grow, we meet so many people, some just remain as acquaintances, some turn into friends while some become very thick friends who stick to us through thick and thin... some people inspire us while some deject us..... its an ocean out there and we choose our friends to the way they reciprocate to us..... there is a saying that " a friend in need is a friend indeed" .... also there is another one which says " a friend is a person who accepts u the way u are" ....... friendship and friends are the blessed beings....... they are true to u through out life..... <div><br /></div><div>and then there is that one person in the ocean, who touches our heart..... whose entry in our life brings in bountifulness of happiness and unexplained flutter of excitement...... my life to bloomed with a similar entry.... NARESH...... yes the name itself means- King!.... and truly he is the King of my heart..... He brought into my life all the good things..... has been my support and my strength.... I feel all words and adjectives fall short in front of him..... He is a friend, a guide, a teacher, and a big inspiration to me!........ He is a great artist and i believe one of the best in the world but he still tries to do that something extra with each and every of his new paintings and creations...... his dedication to towards his work is awesome and seen to be believed..... Yes he has changed a lot over the period of time and it has to be seen to be believed..... people who knew him earlier and see him now are in for a great surprise!!!!....... from a lazy bum(in his college days) to a workaholic - the change is tremendous..... But he has always had a great hand and a great mind!!.... he always tells me- "u dont paint with ur hand, u paint with ur head and mind"..... A great observer and a perfect skills-man who would never go back or shy away from learning new tricks of the trade..... he also has another belief- " the day u stop learning is the day the artist in u dies"...... </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, I have been so very lucky to have found my husband in him.... a great father to our only son, sanvrit....... and mind u, sanvrit too possesses and has been passed all the great genes of his father..... </div><div><br /></div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-88553012411250995822010-02-12T18:58:00.003+05:302010-02-12T21:35:53.823+05:30festivals of india!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">India as everybody knows is such a splendid blend and mixture of cultures!! sometimes i feel that one calender year falls short for all the festivals and occasions that we have...... its shivratri today- 12th feb 2010..... and there are so many stories attached to this particular day....</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">This festival is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_calendar#Tithi" title="Hindu calendar">Krishna Paksha</a> (waning moon) of the month of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maagha" title="Maagha">Maagha</a> (as per <i>Shalivahana</i> or <i>Gujarati Vikrama</i>) or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalguna" title="Phalguna">Phalguna</a> (as per <i>Vikrama</i>) in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Calendar" title="Hindu Calendar" class="mw-redirect">Hindu Calendar</a> (that is, the night before and day of the new moon). The festival is principally celebrated by offerings of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bael" title="Bael">Bael</a> (Bilva) leaves to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Shiva" title="Lord Shiva" class="mw-redirect">Lord Shiva</a>, all day fasting and an all night long vigil. </span></div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-31936971437274370022010-02-05T14:43:00.000+05:302010-02-06T15:55:21.214+05:30BooksBooks!! something which we run away from as a child!!.... maybe that is something of a rebellious attitude as a child.... But these are our true treasures.... treasures for life..... so much to learn from and so much to practice from..... each book is a life in itself...... take a biography to a literary work to fiction to mystery to self help etc etc..... some books give you a thought to think.....some impart knowledge and information.... some are entertaining while some inspire you to do good and better things......<br /><br />Of late i have been reading quite a few books of different genre.... Right now i am immersed in <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Discovery Of INDIA"</span> by Jawaharlal Nehru..... must say a very interesting as well as intriguing book and so beautifully written..... Of course i have read just a few pages of the book as yet, but its keeping me glued....... History can be so interesting, i never knew..... how many of us know that India got its name from River <span style="font-style: italic;">Indus</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Hindustan</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Hindu</span> are derived from the word <span style="font-style: italic;">Sindhu</span>, which is another name for the river <span style="font-style: italic;">Indus</span>..... <span style="font-style: italic;">Hindu</span> was never a religion by itself during the early civilization, it was much much later that the followers of a religion were called <span style="font-style: italic;">Hindus</span>....<br /><br />During the early times, India was first know as "The Nobel Land" or "Aryadesha"..... and the religion was referred as "Arya Dharma"....<div><br /></div><div>Sometimes the knowledge of where we came from and where our roots are can be so very surprising.... </div><div><br /></div><div>we must have read about these things.... about the aryans and their travel to india during our school days, but back then these things are just mere subjects for us which now as we grow older, hold so much importance and mean a wealth of knowledge!!</div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-89724614148333027962010-02-01T17:15:00.000+05:302010-02-05T14:43:04.334+05:30tagore's poem touches heartooops!! have been out of action for some time now.... here is something interesting that i recently read.... this is a poem by Shri Rabindranath Tagore and it goes like this-<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Incense yearns to disappear in scent,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Scent to cling to incense.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Melody seeks to fetter herself in rhythm,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">While the rhythm flows back to melody.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Idea seeks it body in form,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Form its freedom in the idea.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The infinite seeks the touch of the finite,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The finite its release in the infinite.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What drama is this between creation and destruction- </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This ceaseless to and fro between idea and form?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bondage is striving after freedom,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And freedom seeking rest in bondage</span><br /><br /><br />An absolutely beautiful verse and poem... it truly touches the heart and soul of a person! If one happens to sit and think on this verse and understands the in-depth meaning of the same, what one realizes/gets is series of astonishing facts and beautiful surprises.....Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-11209234286247208372009-11-09T14:27:00.000+05:302009-11-09T15:03:48.982+05:30Children's dayWith the children's day approaching on 14th Nov, everyone suddenly tends to think of and talk of children's subjects and matters..... There was an article on Deccan chronicle too, today about the same.... Everyone's crying about the lack of children's films being made and again a lack of quality product of the same.... so very true..... Hardly anyone thinks of children's subjects..... being a mother, i too would like to see more films being made for children..... some clean content and more of strong storyline put in..... sometimes it makes me wonder what is the right content for children? If one sees, Tom and Jerry, the most popular series watched and enjoyed by not only kids but even the elders..... is that the right content??? i am not very sure.... its an enjoyable content no doubt but the main theme is "pulling each other down" and what kids learn from the series is.... its ok and its fun to hit each other" ... in other words .... "violence is acceptable"..... Then again- if u see the Mr. Bean series... is the whole content again good for kids? Supermans, Spidermans, Batmans..... all the stories and concepts thought of in a very good manner.... But what would you say to facts of children jumping from their balconies pretending to be some superhero......<div><br /></div><div>Children are so vulnerable... their minds so soft and delicate that they grasp and absorb whatever they see and hear around them..... they need constant guidance..... Coming Children's Day, we should make it a point to better ourselves first and gift our children a better tomorrow.... </div>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859058869361896.post-51596198796599882392009-10-31T13:48:00.000+05:302009-11-05T16:31:14.081+05:30A rightful beginning....what would be a rightful beginning??? going back to the roots... ya thats right..... that should be it!!.... so here's a stanza from the oldest doctrines of India.... "The Rig Veda"...... this one is actually the Last Sukta from the Rig Veda...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">United be your purpose, harmonious</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">be your feelings, collected be your mind,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">in the same way as all the various aspects</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">of the universe exist in togetherness,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">wholeness.</span>Swati Vaddadi Dashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118528360983338534noreply@blogger.com0